18. Driving back from Melbourne

I googled all the places that I could stop between Canberra and Melbourne and enjoyed my stops at Gundagai and Holbrook. The weather was nice too! I need to go back to Gundagai on the hour or half hour to visit Kellyland.

Gundagai


A new character for Play School. Big Ned (instead of Big Ted.. get it?)

A wall mural, perhaps still in progress.



I visited the museum and replica homestead.
Genuine artifacts.








Convict train



I learned that Ned Kelly's last words were not "Such is life." They were "Ah, Well, I suppose.."







The Museum was closed.

Get out the magnifying glass 🔍


The dog sits on the Tucker box and the Koala gives out hugs.


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